Quilting-frame



(No Model.)

N. MORE. QUILTING FRAME.

Patented Nov. 9, 1897.

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UNITED STATES NINA MORE, OF CUTTING, NEWV YORK.

PATENT OFFICE.

QUILTING-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,485 dated November9, 1897. Application filed March 24, 1897. Serial No. 629,041. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, N INA MORE, of Cutting, in the county of Chautauquaand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Quilting-Frame,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention has for its purpose to provide a superior quilting-frameof that class in which the parts are readily detachable, so as to foldinto a small space when not being used.

The invention consists in certain features of construction andcombinations of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter andembodied in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

- in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of detailshereinafter more fully described, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section on theline 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The frame has four rails, respectively designated A, B, C, and D, therails A and C being the end rails and the rails B and D the side rails.When the parts are assembled, the rails are laid in rectangular form andare rigidly secured to each other by U -shaped clamps a. These clampsare removable, and by their means the rails'A, B, C, and D may beadjusted as the operation requires.

Each rail B and D carries two legs, by which the frame is supported.Each leg consists in a main section E, hinged to the under side of therespective side rails and having a brace E hinged to it and capable ofhaving their free ends respectively seated within indentations e in theside rails B and D. (The indentations e are shown by dotted lines withreference to the side rail D in Fig. 2.) The under side of each rail Band D carries a hook 2, respectively adapted to removably engage eyes 6carried by the respective braces E. \Vhen the legs are extended tosupport the frame, the main portions E of the legs extendperpendicularly to the side rails B and D, the

braces E project diagonally upward to and are held in the recesses e,and the hooks e engage the eyes 6 to hold the braces E in place. Themain section E of each leg fixedly carries a channel-bar F, the flangesof which are turned inward to form guides for the extension-sections Gof thelegs. The extensionsections G are longitudinally slotted toreceive screws G, turning in the main sections E. The screws G engagethe respective sections G between the flanges of the channel-bars. Theextension-sections G are therefore adj ustable longitudinally throughthe main sections E by sliding through the channel-bars F, while thesaid screws G serve to hold the extensions Gat the desired adjustment.drawings the legs are shown with the extension-sections G raised toinoperative position. WVhen it is desired that the frame be raisedhigher, the extension-sections are moved down and made to assist insupporting the frame.

The upper face of each rail A, B, C, and D isprovided with a series ofpairs of plates H. The plates H are fixed to the rails and extendupwardly therefrom, each pair being spaced equidistant along the facesof the rails and respectively having clasps mounted between them. Eachclasp consists in a fixed jaw h, held to its respective rail andcoacting with a movable jaw h, pressed by a spring 7L carried on theaxis 72 on which axis the jaw h is pivoted. The meeting edges of thejaws h and hare located inward, so that the clasps may hold the ends ofthe quilting material, permitting the material to be stretched acrossbetween the rails A and C and B and D. The plates H serve to guard theclasps and prevent them from being struck or broken. At the same timethey furnish means for carrying the pivots 72 on which the movable jawsh are mounted.

The parts of the frame may be readily disconnected, and the whole thingpacked away in a very small space. When the parts are assembled as shownin the drawings, a rigid structure is formed.

The device is used in the ordinary manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of a rail, a leg pivoted to the railand having a slot run longitudinally through the leg, an extension-legalso having a slot, the extension-leg being laid alongside of the mainleg, a channel-iron having in- In the with the main ieg, and a bracehinged to the channel-iron and capable of connection with the rails.

NINA MORE.

, Witnesses:

BERTHA PETTIBONE, BERTIE MORE.

